"The Stambaugh family is a pioneering family," Palm Beach Maritime Museum spokesman Anthony Miller said. "They came from Oklahoma before the turn of the last century and brought the mules with them from Oklahoma here to build West Palm Beach."

Once occupied by the Stambaugh family in the early 1900s, the wood-framed house was slated for demolition because of Beach Club expansion when family members reached out to the Palm Beach Maritime Museum about moving it to Peanut Island.

"It seems like there are certain people who don't want it there," Palm Beach Maritime Museum CEO John Grant said.

Miller said it has to do with "politicians undermining our effort on Peanut Island for the past 10 years."

The home was moved, spent a year in storage at the Port of Palm Beach and only recently has taken up residence on the Intracoastal.

Palm Beach County Commissioner Karen Marcus said there's no place to put the house.

"We advised them that we had no spot for them there, and I don't think it's the right fit for them," she said.

Marcus said there have been talks of moving the house to the South Florida Fairgrounds.